SDG Festival: “Leave No One Behind”

On 7 June 2019, the town of Ambrolauri in the Georgian region of Racha will host the Sustainable Development Goals Festival (SDG), which is initiated and organized by the United Nations in Georgia. The President Salomé Zurabishvili, and the newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator, Sabine Machl, will address the participants and guests of the Festival at the grand opening in the evening. Representatives of the Government of Georgia, civil society, the private sector and diplomatic community, as well residents of the Racha-Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti region, will participate in the event.

The Festival will address the five pillars of the SDG – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. The goal is to transform the public space in Ambrolauri into a colourful display of activities illustrating the country’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG comprise 17 global goals that were adopted by all the member states of the United Nations in September 2015, with the aim of ending poverty, eliminating inequality and saving the planet by 2030.

The agenda for the day includes sport activities, interactive seminars and workshops, talks and exhibitions. The end of the day will see a fair of local agricultural products and an open-air concert featuring well-known Georgian artists, and indeed the slogan of the festival is “Leave no one behind…”

By Gabrielle Colchen

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